Landscape Lighting Stakes
Looking for new stakes or landscape lighting replacement stakes? You’re in the right place!
Landscape lights transform your customer’s property. They offer many advantages, from aesthetic value to preventing people from wandering off the path.
What Are Outdoor Lighting Stakes?
Ambient lighting is a great asset to almost any outdoor space! Whether it’s a home’s yard or patio or a restaurant with outdoor seating, lighting stakes are the best way to keep customers’ landscape lights in place.
They’re especially popular lining the edge of a pathway. The lights illuminate the walk and prevent homeowners and guests from tripping over any hazards in dim light.
How Do Landscape Lighting Mounting Stakes Work?
Landscape lighting stakes are easy to use. How they work depends on the type of stake you’ve chosen, but most are solar powered or hard wired.
How to Choose the Right Stakes
When picking the right stakes for the outdoor space, you’ll need to consider the material and the amount. Most lightning stakes come in packs ranging from 2 to 12.
How to Drive Stakes for Lighting Into the Ground
Your first step will be to decide where you want your ground stakes to go. Use a tape measure to make sure they’ll be set evenly 6 inches or closer to your path.
Before you install the lights, you’ll need to assemble them following the directions included with your purchase. Most of the time, you’ll need to attach the light component to the lighting stake.
If you’re using solar lights, you’ll want to test them in the sun for at least 12 hours to make sure they’re all working correctly.
Once you’ve checked to make sure your lights are turning on properly, you’ll need to drive them into the ground along your path. You may find that the stakes aren’t level, which can be frustrating. Thankfully, we have a solution: Light Fixers! This accessory uses a pivot ball, cap, and screws to keep your lights upright. The best part? You can install them in under 3 minutes!
The Most Common Types of Stakes
Although they all serve the same purpose, lighting stakes come in a variety of different types and materials. The right one for a customer’s home or garden depends on the material you want to use and the voltage available.
PVC Plastic Landscape Lighting Stakes
Landscape lighting stakes come in several types of materials, including plastic. PVC plastic landscape lighting stakes are an inexpensive way to add lighting to pathways, patios, and more. They’re not prone to corrosion and are usually heat resistant.
Metal Landscape Lighting Stakes
Metal is another popular choice for backyard lighting stakes. Metal landscape lighting stakes are sturdy and durable. Plastic stakes may become worn over time, but metal stakes last longer. They’re easy to install: durable enough to pierce the ground but not so sharp you have to worry about any accidents. Make sure you buy metal lighting stakes that have a coating to prevent rust.`
Low Voltage Lighting Stakes
Line voltage landscape lighting stakes operate through a transformer that sets voltage at 12 volts. This makes them safe to use, energy efficient, and relatively easy to put into place. They’re usually connected to an outdoor GFCI outlet.
Line Voltage Lighting Stakes
Like your home appliances, these line voltage outdoor landscape lighting stakes operate at 120 volts. They are hardwired to a home’s electrical system through an electrical junction box and conduit.
Solar Lighting Stakes
Solar landscape lighting stakes are perhaps the easiest to install. They utilize a photovoltaic cell that recharges in the light of day. They normally take 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight in order to charge properly.
Unfortunately solar lights are not an option available through LightFixers.
Recommended Lighting Stake Accessories
Sometimes lighting stakes aren’t the only things you need! Lighting accessories can help take any yard to the next level.
Light Fixers
If you’re installing outdoor lighting, chances are you want everything to be picture perfect! Unfortunately, lighting stakes don’t work with every type of terrain and sometimes they can end up tilted.
With LightFixers, it’s a surprisingly easy fix! They’re simple to use, and they keep your lights straight.